Table 5 Tourists Arrivals in Croatia by Transportation Mean
|
Means of transportation |
1987 |
1989 |
1994 |
1997 |
19992 |
|
Car___________________ |
57.4 |
63.0 |
55.8 |
66.2 |
63.1 |
|
Car with trailer___________ |
- |
- |
10.21 |
9.4 |
14.2 |
|
Motor home__________ |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
3.7 |
|
Bus_________________ |
9.2 |
12.1 |
15.8 |
12.5 |
7.8 |
|
Motorcycle____________ |
- |
1.6 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
|
Total road traffic_________ |
66.6 |
66.7 |
82.7 |
92.8 |
89.9 |
|
Railway_______________ |
2.9 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
|
Airplane - charter________ |
21.2 |
13.9 |
7.1 |
3.6 |
5.2 |
|
Airplane -liner__________ |
7.6 |
7.1 |
5.3 |
1.7 |
3.5 |
|
Total air traffic____________ |
28.8 |
21.0 |
12.4 |
5.3 |
8.7 |
|
Ship /ferry/ yacht________ |
1.7 |
0.5 |
3.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
|
Overall total______________ |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Source: TOMAS ’97. Tourist Attitudes and Expenditures in Croatia - Trends in Tourism
Demand and Expenditures 1987 - 1997 (Special Report). Institute of Tourism, Zagreb, 1998,
p. 16. ; Survey on Tourist Gratification in Maritime Towns, Summer ’99, Tourism, Institute
of Tourism, Zagreb, vol.47, no.4 / 1999., p.370.
Note: 1 This figure includes motor homes
2 Data refer to the summer of 1999
The figures concerning 1987 and 1989 include only foreign tourist arrivals. It means
that tourists from former Yugoslav republics and Croatia have not been taken into
consideration. If the statistics contained their arrivals too, the share of road transport would be
higher. The short distances motivate them to travel mainly by their cars. The figures referring
to the years 1994, 1997 and 1999 contain Croatian tourists as well as foreign tourists from
about ten European countries. Therefore these figures are more suitable for statistical analysis
and comparisons than the former years' figures.
Undoubtedly, the majority of tourists coming to Croatia in the last ten years have used
road transport. Its share is permanently rather high and in last year amounts almost 90 per
cent. More then 2/3 of thus percentual amount accounts for cars, which represent the mean of
transportation most frequently used by tourist coming to Croatia. The reason for this is that
Croatia is a country for family holidays, and the quality of service offered by the other modes
of transport is lower than the quality of transport by car. In addition to this, due to its
reasonable purchasing cost, flexibility and individuality, car is the mean of transportation
most frequently used for other purposes as well.
The share of various types of road vehicles has changed considerably in the observed
period. In 1987, tourists mostly used cars and buses, whereas, towards the end of the past
decade, the number of cars towing trailers, and motor homes began to increase. Furthermore,
the significant increase in the share of road transport in tourist arrivals at the end of the
observed period is mainly due to the growing use of those vehicles that are used exclusively
for tourism purposes.
The role of other transport modes is steadily declining. In 1987 air transport accounted
for almost 1/3 of total transport, whereas, last year it dropped threefold. This difference
derives from the fact that figures for 1987 and 1989 included tourist arrivals from no
European countries too, which could reach Croatia only by airplane. Besides that, a change in